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deportation

de·por·ta·tion

deportation

 
pronunciation:
di por teI shn
features:
Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
part of speech: noun
definition: the legal expulsion from a country of an undesirable person, esp. an illegal alien or criminal.
Criminals of that era could face hanging or deportation.
Word Combinations  About this feature
adjective + (n.)deportation criminal, eligible, eventual, final, forced, immediate, immigrant, large-scale, mass, massive, official, outstanding, planned, prior, secret, subsequent, suspected, terrorist, vulnerable
verb + (n.)deportation advocate, appeal, arrest, avoid, await, challenge, denounce, deport, detain, escape, face, fear, fight, ignore, initiate, manage, mark, order, organize, prevent, process, protect, protest, qualify, regard, result, risk, schedule, stave, threaten  [See all][See only the most frequent]
(n.)deportation + verb aim, commit, convict, delay, engage, file, issue, pursue, testify, uphold
noun + (n.)deportation Help admission, appeal, arrest, assurance, border, criminal, denial, detention, enforcement, exclusion, fear, gang, hallway, hold, institutionalization, jail, non-citizen, opposition, prison, prosecution, punishment, raid, retaliation, slave, status, summary, surveillance, suspension, terrorism, threat, torture  [See all][See only the most frequent]